When you are full of appreciation in your life, how can there ever be room for negativity?  When you always remember to focus on what you are truly grateful for, how can you ever experience depression?  When you are truly engrossed in all that is wonderful about your life, how can you ever experience conflict?  When you are overwhelmed with how magnificent living is, how can you ever experience doubts?

I keep a daily journal of at…

All it takes is just one minute to stop and offer a helping hand, or a simple smile to someone.

When we are feeling anger or experience feelings of revenge, all it takes is just one minute to stop, take a deep breath, relax and let go.

When we are feeling overwhelmed or full of grief, all it takes is just one minute to flip on a happier note by forcing a smile.

When we are feeling…

One of the essential keys to happiness is growth. How do we grow?

We grow by constantly improving and extending ourselves, continuously being of service to others, doing small acts of kindness at all times, giving charity, taking risks, doing the unexpected, giving fully of ourselves …

The quickest way to grow is to always be in appreciation of life. Being grateful, and having appreciation for everything and every person and every situation is fundamental to personal…

Thanksgiving is the appointed time
for focusing on the good in our lives.
In each of our days,
we can find small blessings,
but too often we overlook them,
choosing instead to spend our time
paying attention to problems.
We give our energy
to those who cause us trouble
instead of those who bring peace.
Starting now,
let’s be on the lookout
for…

“Stand up, on this Thanksgiving Day, stand upon your feet.  Believe in man.  Soberly and with clear eyes, believe in your own time and place.  There is not, and there never has been a better time, or a better place to live in.” ~Phillips Brooks

Although this is the “official” day of thanks, don’t just take this day to feel gratitude.  Thanksgiving is not just an expression of  appreciation that comes once a…

It’s only two days til Thanksgiving and there is a lot to be grateful for. But, don’t wait til Thanksgiving day to express your gratitude. Being thankful should be an everyday, all-day, on-going celebration.

We don’t have to go and dig up crisis situations that we survived to be grateful for; we should be able to call up moments of gratitude that didn’t stem from traumatic events.

How about being grateful today for the small miracles in…